Sr. Manager Accounting

Position: Senior Manager, JV/Investment Accounting and Reporting

Location: Dallas, TX

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Accounting Manager to lead the accounting operations for our Joint Venture investment portfolio. This role reports to the Senior Director JV/Investment Accounting and reporting. This role will oversee the monthly close process, financial reporting, internal controls. The ideal candidate has strong technical accounting expertise, experience in real estate or private equity, and a proven ability to manage teams and complex financial structures.

What you’ll do

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for joint venture entities and operating properties.
• Review and approve journal entries and workpapers.
• Prepare and review account reconciliations and analysis, including cash, investment and equity, identifying potential issues and following up with resolutions.
• Prepare month end, quarter end and year-end income statement flux preparation and analysis for joint ventures. Process includes a thorough investigation of changes in, for instance, operating revenues and expenses.
• Timely closing of Joint Ventures’ performance results on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with GAAP and/or fair value reporting standards for joint ventures managed by Digital Realty.
• Lead year-end audit and tax processes, including coordination with external auditors and internal tax group.
• Perform technical accounting research and translating accounting literature into actionable solutions.
• Ongoing support of internal customer needs, specifically Asset Management, Property Operations, Sales, FPA, and Legal teams.
• Develop staff by managing performance, setting goals, providing ongoing training, and maintaining strong employee relationships.

What you’ll need

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a portion of it being in a supervisory role, preferable with public accounting experience or experience with U.S. publicly listed company.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. A related advanced degree is desirable but not required. CPA preferred.
• Strong background in real estate accounting, including property-level and joint venture investment reporting. Experience with REITs, private equity structures, or real estate funds is highly desirable.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP accounting, reporting and SOX compliance.
• Proficient in real estate accounting systems, Yardi experience preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in journal entry preparation, account reconciliation and analysis.
• Demonstrated proficiency in technical accounting research.
• High degree of comfort and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. A quick learner.
• Advanced Excel knowledge is a must as this position will work with complex Excel spreadsheets on a monthly basis.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Digital team

Finance

Our Finance team works in one of the world’s fastest growing and most exciting business sectors. We use our financial expertise and commercial awareness to support and develop an international, publicly-listed organization. From managing budgets to financial planning, we deliver a full range of finance and accounting services to help our business stay on track and meet our goals. We also have other specialist areas of expertise including Portfolio Management and Lease Administration.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

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